Marguerite LAFLEUR

Born

4 October 1794 , Yamaska, Lower Canada

Died

30 December 1878 , Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada

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Jacques-Antoine LAFLEUR Marguerite RITCHOT

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Born: 4 October 1794 in Yamaska, Lower Canada

Father: Jacques-Antoine LAFLEUR

Mother: Marguerite RITCHOT

Paternal grandparents: François LAFLEUR dit POITEVIN , Marie-Louise ROBIDOUX

Maternal grandparents: Pierre RITCHOT , Josephte ROBIDOUX

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Marguerite married Joseph LEBLANC 23 November 1812 in Yamaska, Lower Canada . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Joseph LEBLANC was born 19 August 1788 in Yamachiche, Province of Québec, Canada . Joseph was the child of Joseph LEBLANC and Genevieve BENOIT.

Marguerite LAFLEUR died 30 December 1878 in Saint-Robert, Québec, Canada.
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Marguerite LAFLEUR married

Joseph LEBLANC
Marriage date: 23 November 1812
Marriage place: Yamaska, Lower Canada

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Joseph LEBLANC was the child of Joseph LEBLANC and Genevieve BENOIT

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Children of Joseph LEBLANC and Marguerite LAFLEUR

Narcisse LEBLANC

Born: 25 November 1826, Yamaska, Lower Canada
Died: ,

Married: Esther DESAUTELS 25 August 1846 Place: Saint-Aimé, Canada East

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Early 1600s–1760: Canada, New France
1760–1763: Canada
1763–1791: Province of Québec
1791–1867: Lower Canada
1867–present: Québec, Canada

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Birth — 1794
4 October 1794
Yamaska, Lower Canada

1800 - Electric storage battery is invented (Alessandro Volta, Italy)

1812 Marriage / Partner
Marguerite LAFLEUR and Joseph LEBLANC 23 November 1812, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

She was 18 years old.

1817 - The bicycle is invented (Baron Karl de Drais de Sauerbrun, Germany)

1818 - Canada's border is defined as the 49th Parallel from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains.

1820 - January 29 - George IV becomes King of England

1824 - Portland cement is invented (Joseph Aspdin, England)

1825 - The locomotive is invented (George Stephenson, England)

1826 - The gas stove is invented (James Sharp, England)

1826 Birth of Child
Narcisse LEBLANC was born 25 November 1826, Yamaska, Québec, Canada (Saint-Michel-d'Yamaska)

Marguerite was 32 years old.

1827 - Matches are invented (John Walker, England)

1829 - The sewing machine is invented (Barthélemy Thimonnier, France)

1830 - June 26 - William IV becomes King of England

1836 - July 21 - Opening of the first railway in Canada from La Prairie to St. Jean, Quebec

1837 - June 20 - Victoria becomes Queen of England

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

1841 - February 11 – Act of Union - The two colonies of The Canadas are merged into the United Province of Canada

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1846 Marriage of Child
Narcisse LEBLANC married 25 August 1846, Saint-Aimé, Canada East to Esther DESAUTELS

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1852-53 - The Grand Trunk Railway receives its charter.

1854 - The French seigneurial system of land tenancy is finally abolished in Canada East.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 - Ottawa chosen by Queen Victoria as the capital of the united colony of Canada.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

1867 - Canada becomes a sovereign nation by an act of the British Parliament (the British North America Act). Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united as the Dominion of Canada.